Historical Dictionary

• Babel, Louis

  Born in Veyrier, Switzerland, June 23, 1826, son of Joseph Babel, mailman, and Françoise Jovet. Taking of the […]

• Baines, Peter Augustine, Bishop, 1787 – 1843 and his successors

  Bishop Baines, as vicar apostolic of the Western District of England and Wales, was the first bishop […]

• Bakthi Prabodanaya – Catholic Family Magazine (Sri Lanka)

  The Magazine “Bakthi Prabodanaya” (Spiritual Renewal” in Sinhala) was started in 1989 with the intention of disseminating […]

• Balaïn, Bishop Mathieu

  Born in Saint-Victor (Ardèche), May 27, 1828. Taking of the habit at Notre-Dame de l’Osier, January 28, 1851. Perpetual […]

• Balland, Jean-Baptist

  Born at La Houssière (Vosges) on August 7, 1834. Taking of the habit at Notre-Dame de l’Osier on July […]

• Baraga, Frederic, Bishop of Marquette, U.S.A.

  Frederic Baraga was born on June 29, 1797 at Malavas near Dobrnic in Slovenia. He studied law […]

• Barberini, Cardinal Benedetto

  Benedetto Barberini was born in Rome on October 22, 1788. After joining the Church he acted as […]

• Baret, Charles

  Born at Avignon (Vaucluse) on August 2, 1825. Taking of the habit at Notre-Dame de l’Osier on August 14, […]

• Baret, Victor

  Born at Avignon (Vaucluse) on September 7, 1830. Taking of the habit at Notre-Dame de l’Osier on October 22, […]

• Bargy, Joseph

  Born at Égletons (Corrèze) on May 23, 1823. Taking of the habit at Notre-Dame de l’Osier on February 12, […]

• Barnabò, Cardinal Alessandro

  Alessandro Barnabò was born in Foligno, Italy on March 2, 1801. Ordained to the priesthood in March […]

• Barret, Justin

  Born in Labets-Biscay (Basses-Pyrénées), September 1, 1826 Taking of the habit at N.-D. de l’Osier, December 7, 1849 Oblation at […]

• Bartet, Jean-Baptiste

  Born at Cessey-sur-Tille (Côte-d’Or), May 21, 1835. Taking of the habit at Nancy, January 5, 1857. Oblation at Montolivet on […]

• Barthélemy, Jules-Marie

  Born in Frenelle-la-Petite (Vosges), July 30, 1834. Taking of the habit in N.-D. de l’Osier, October 31 , 1854. […]

• Basile, Antonio

  Born in Tortorici, Sicily, on October 15, 1873. First vows Notre-Dame de l’Osier, 1892. Died in Abruzzo, […]

• Bassoul, Édouard

  Born at Villefort (Lozère) on August 2, 1831. Taking of the habit at Notre-Dame de l’Osier on July 31, […]

• Basutoland

  See: South Africa.

• Battesti, Antoine

  Born at Saint-Pierre de Venaco (Corsica) on October 25, 1834. Taking of the habit at Montolivet on June 28, […]

• Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

  In the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka there were two vast barren and abandoned regions. The regions […]

• Baudin, Jean-Baptiste

  Born at Saint-Constant, (Laprairie), Quebec, July 23, 1830 Taking of the habit at Ottawa, June 26, 1858 Oblation at Ottawa, […]